Helicopter Company Expects Revenue to Rise With Cost-Effective Mobile Communications

Overview

Lloyd Helicopters buys, sells, leases, and brokers helicopters worldwide. In the past, the company often negotiated at a disadvantage. When employees were away from the office and urgent communications arrived, the office staff sent calls or text messages to their mobile phones. The field employees had to find a computer or fax machine to retrieve the details - a time-consuming and often impossible task. Then, in 2006, Lloyd Helicopters deployed Dopod838Pro PDA phones powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 with Direct Push Technology. With this solution, e-mail messages, faxes, and attachments are delivered to the employees' mobile phones instantly.